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Gabriella Groves

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer

Gabriella Groves is a staff writer for the Connection newspaper. She joined the Connection to enhance her writing skills, experience the work environment for journalism and push herself into trying something new that is a part of her major. She has been on staff for three semesters, writing a variety of different types of stories and will be transferring to University of Missouri in the Spring 2024. She enjoys running, hanging out with friends and listening to The Weeknd.

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Opening credits of Eli Roth’s holiday horror-slasher film that debuted in theaters on Nov. 14. “Thanksgiving” has an 83% on Rotten Tomatoes and 90% of Google users liked the movie.

No leftovers for ‘Thanksgiving’, add it to your plate of films

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
November 21, 2023
Hawks sophomore defender Alana Smith takes the ball up the line in the first half. Cosumnes River College won the Women’s Soccer Big 8 Championship on Nov. 11 against the Santa Rosa Junior College Bear Cubs. The Hawks advance to the CCCAA Womens Soccer Championship against the West Valley Vikings on Nov. 18 at home.

Hawks win Big 8 Conference, advance to CCCAA Women’s Soccer Championship

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
November 15, 2023
Local queer-owned bookstore, A Seat at the Table, collaborates with Cosumnes River College’s Radical Library for their book drive on Wednesday. The Radical Library is located in the Center for Inclusion and Belonging and features books that have been banned or challenged.

Local bookstore helps create campus library for banned books

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
November 10, 2023
Men’s soccer defeated the American River College Beavers 1-0 on Nov. 3 at home. CRC will play the Modesto Junior College Pirates on Nov. 7 in Modesto, looking to make a playoff run.

Men’s soccer nears closer to playoffs with three-game winning streak

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
November 5, 2023
Puente and MI CASA students add offerings to the altar to celebrate Día de Los Muertos on Oct. 31. Día de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is celebrated in Mexico to honor family and friends who are deceased on Nov. 1 and 2.

Campus celebrates Día de Los Muertos

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
November 3, 2023
Kasamahan Pilipino Club President Alyanna Manzano (front) showcases events for Octobers FilipinX History Month. The club hosted an event with traditional food and karaoke on Oct. 12.

Student mixer fosters community for FilipinX students

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
October 23, 2023
Left-attacking midfielder Brenda Jimenez takes a kick after a player from Sierra drew a foul on Oct.13. The Hawks wore pink on their jerseys for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Intense women’s soccer matchup against Wolverines leads to draw

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
October 16, 2023
Students learn information about different colleges during Transfer Day on Oct. 5 in the quad. More than 50 colleges were in attendance with university representatives talking to students about their majors and programs.

Students meet with college recruiters for Transfer Day, over 50 colleges in attendance

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
October 10, 2023
Sacramento based director and choreographer, Morgan Mo Hernandez teaches students bachata on Sept. 28. In addition to teaching dance classes, Hernandez has a dance team called Libertad.

Dance and history merge at LatinX Heritage Month event

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
October 4, 2023
California State University will increase their tuition starting the fall semester of 2024. The increase was approved by CSUs Board of Trustees on Sept. 13.

Students respond to the 6% tuition hike at CSU

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
September 28, 2023
1 Degree of Separation is a comedy group from Rocklin that aims to end the stigma on mental health through laughter. The group performed on Sept. 14 in the Recital Hall.

Stand-up comedy show addresses campus mental health

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
September 20, 2023
The art division hosted the opening of the faulty art show on Aug. 24. The exhibition is located in the Art Gallery to view Monday-Thursday by appointment.

Art gallery celebrates faculty work

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
September 6, 2023
RTVF Professor Lauren Wagner gives new students a tour of the television studio on Aug. 24. The tour was a part of a welcome event hosted by the Arts, Media and Entertainment division.

Arts, media and entertainment division hosts welcome event to build community

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
September 5, 2023
Starting setter Nicole Risch setting outside hitter Erin Chelini up for the kill against Lassen Community College on Aug. 30. The Hawks play against the Shasta Knights and Taft College on Sept. 6.

[Photo] Volleyball shows confidence as season starts

September 6, 2023
Director Janey Pintar leads students in a warm up at Electra rehearsals. “Electra” will run Oct. 13-22 and will be paired with “Electrida” by Luis Alfaro.

Students audition for Greek tragedy ‘Electra’

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
August 30, 2023
The math center is open Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. during finals week. The center is located in the Learning Resource Center in room 205.

Math center offers study sessions for finals week

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
May 13, 2023
The Student Exhibition 2023 mural was made by 19-year-old art design major Max Ferrugia. The art exhibition is open until Aug. 28 in the Art Gallery.

Black and white art exhibit showcases students’ work

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
May 10, 2023
Executive Director of the Asian American Liberation Network Megan Spagio giving her speech at an APIDA Heritage Month event. The event was held online and in person at the Winn Center on Thursday.

Alumna shares her story to students about ethnic identity

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
April 10, 2023
Actor Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in You. Season four part two was released on March 9 with the five final episodes of the season.

New season of ‘You’ lacks interest

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
March 29, 2023
Film and Media Professor Adam Wadenius and Interim Director of Student Equity & Engagement Oscar Mendoza-Plascencia started their Film & Culture series on Feb. 28. The event was held in the library and will have three more screening and discussion events over the next three months.

Campus hosts Film & Culture series to create inclusion

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
March 9, 2023
The Hawks baseball team will have its first conference game on March 7 against Santa Rosa Junior College. Here is the team taking batting practice at their home field.

Hawks look forward to the regular season with the preseason coming to an end

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
February 22, 2023
Freshman guard Luisa Contreras shooting a field goal while surrounded by defenders. This happened during the Friday game loss against American River College.

Hawks lose to Beavers without one of their team captains

January 27, 2023
The CRC campus was put under lockdown on Nov. 21 due to a threat made towards the college. Students and staff on campus were stuck in the lockdown for over two hours.

Students express thoughts over lockdown

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
December 7, 2022
The Los Rios District announces that the vaccine requirement has been lifted, which began on Nov. 14. Students and staff will no longer have to be vaccinated when coming to campus.

Faculty share their opinions over vaccine mandate being lifted on campus

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
November 20, 2022
CRC held a club day event called Hawk-O-Ween on Oct. 27 in the quad. The Puente Club, Outdoors Club, Student Government and others were present at the event.

Hawk-O-Ween invites students to celebrate Halloween with clubs

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
November 4, 2022
The Los Rios Board of Trustees voted to end the vaccine requirement at their Oct. 19 meeting. Students and staff of Los Rios colleges will no longer be required to be vaccinated in order to be on campus as soon as practicable.

Los Rios Board ends campus vaccine requirement

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
October 26, 2022
Evan Peters as Jeffrey Dahmer in Dahmer - Monster: the Jeffrey Dahmer Story poster. The mini-series was released on Sept. 21.

Dahmer series sparks conversation over infamous serial killer

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
October 19, 2022
An online event was held through Zoom called Networking for people who hate networking on Friday. Internship Developer for the Work Experience Program Cameron Whitfield speaks about networking tips for introverts.

Workshop suggests tips for Networking

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
September 21, 2022
Hawk Week takes place on campus from Aug. 30- Sept.1. Students stop by the booths to see what each program or department was about.

Hawk Week brings students together

Gabriella Groves, Staff Writer
September 12, 2022
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